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Black lung cases surging again in Southwest Va., Appalachia; miners blame blocked regulations

  • Charlotte Rene Woods

With new research showing that black lung disease among Appalachian coal miners has reached an almost 50-year high, advocates are demanding federal regulations be enforced. The data published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is also part of a peer-reviewed research letter from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health […]

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Appalachia’s black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners’ protections stall

  • Justin Hicks, Howard Berkes

This story was published through the Appalachian News Exchange, a regional media collaboration.  Respiratory therapist Marcy Freeman doesn’t need a research study to confirm for her a return to the dark days of coal mining. She finds evidence in a stack of more than 150 funeral programs, all for former patients at her pulmonary rehabilitation […]